My Mom is one smart cookie when it comes to cookies. She uses only the best ingredients and follows the recipe meticulously. The reward is melt-in-your-mouth goodness that is hard to resist.

She also uses a few tricks in order to have cookies on hand just about all the time without having them in easy reach to spoil her weight loss diet. Cookies she has baked are put into the freezer. That way, she can just get out two or three and allow them to warm to room temperature before she eats them. This is a little more trouble to get your hands on a treat, but it also helps keep the amount under control and gives her time to really think about if she wants a cookie or instead wants some fruit.

She uses the standard Nestle’s Tollhouse Cookie recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Instead of baking them all right away, she divides the dough into two even portions. She then chills it in the refrigerator for about two hours. When it’s well chilled, she lays it on waxed paper and forms it into a log about 15 inches long, rolling it up with the waxed paper. She wraps it in heavy duty aluminum foil, then freezes the dough. When she’s ready to bake, she can just slice it into 1/2 inch slices, however many cookies she wants to bake. Then, she has fresh, warm, chewy chocolate chip cookies without having a lot left over to tempt her.

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